unixtools: cleanup

pkgs/os-specific/linux/autofs/default.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, flex, bison, linuxHeaders, libtirpc, utillinux, nfs-utils, e2fsprogs
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, flex, bison, linuxHeaders, libtirpc, mount, umount, modprobe, nfs-utils, e2fsprogs
 , libxml2, kerberos, kmod, openldap, sssd, cyrus_sasl, openssl }:
 
 let
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     export sssldir="${sssd}/lib/sssd/modules"
     export HAVE_SSS_AUTOFS=1
 
-    export MOUNT=${utillinux}/bin/mount
+    export MOUNT=${mount}/bin/mount
     export MOUNT_NFS=${nfs-utils}/bin/mount.nfs
-    export UMOUNT=${utillinux}/bin/umount
-    export MODPROBE=${utillinux}/bin/modprobe
+    export UMOUNT=${umount}/bin/umount
+    export MODPROBE=${modprobe}/bin/modprobe
     export E2FSCK=${e2fsprogs}/bin/fsck.ext2
     export E3FSCK=${e2fsprogs}/bin/fsck.ext3
     export E4FSCK=${e2fsprogs}/bin/fsck.ext4

pkgs/servers/apcupsd/default.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, systemd, utillinux, coreutils, nettools, man
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, systemd, utillinux, coreutils, wall, hostname, man
+, utillinux
 , enableCgiScripts ? true, gd
 }:
 
@@ -46,8 +47,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   postInstall = ''
     for file in "$out"/etc/apcupsd/*; do
-        sed -i -e 's|^WALL=.*|WALL="${utillinux}/bin/wall"|g' \
-               -e 's|^HOSTNAME=.*|HOSTNAME=`${nettools}/bin/hostname`|g' \
+        sed -i -e 's|^WALL=.*|WALL="${wall}/bin/wall"|g' \
+               -e 's|^HOSTNAME=.*|HOSTNAME=`${hostname}/bin/hostname`|g' \
                "$file"
     done
   '';

pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

@@ -4608,11 +4608,7 @@ with pkgs;
     v8 = v8_static;
   };
 
-  rsnapshot = callPackage ../tools/backup/rsnapshot {
-    # For the `logger' command, we can use either `utillinux' or
-    # GNU Inetutils.  The latter is more portable.
-    logger = if stdenv.isLinux then utillinux else inetutils;
-  };
+  rsnapshot = callPackage ../tools/backup/rsnapshot { };
 
   rlwrap = callPackage ../tools/misc/rlwrap { };
 
@@ -7659,7 +7655,6 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (perlPackages) perl
       ExporterLite FileWhich GetoptTabular RegexpCommon TermReadKey;
     inherit (llvmPackages_4) llvm clang-unwrapped;
-    utillinux = if stdenv.isLinux then utillinuxMinimal else null;
   };
 
   cscope = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/cscope { };
@@ -13091,7 +13086,7 @@ with pkgs;
     })
     else if stdenv.isLinux
     then utillinuxMinimal
-    else null;
+    else libossp_uuid;
 
   light = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/light { };
 
@@ -13099,8 +13094,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ebtables = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/ebtables { };
 
-  eject = utillinux;
-
   facetimehd-firmware = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/firmware/facetimehd-firmware { };
 
   fatrace = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/fatrace { };
@@ -14017,7 +14010,7 @@ with pkgs;
     ncurses = null;
     perl = null;
     systemd = null;
-  }) else throw "utillinux is unsupported on non-Linux";
+  }) else utillinux;
 
   v4l_utils = qt5.callPackage ../os-specific/linux/v4l-utils { };
 
@@ -21142,5 +21135,5 @@ with pkgs;
 
   # Unix tools
   unixtools = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackages ./unix-tools.nix { });
-  inherit (unixtools) hexdump ps sysctl;
+  inherit (unixtools) hexdump ps logger eject modprobe umount mount wall hostname more;
 }

pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix

@@ -7328,7 +7328,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/J/JP/JPIERCE/IO-Pager-${version}.tgz";
       sha256 = "0ksldcw0hydfy9k70i6q6fm1wgbc54kx0lbwlkrszsbd7q72dlfg";
     };
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [pkgs.utillinux.bin]; # `more` used in tests
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [pkgs.more]; # `more` used in tests
   };
 
   IOPrompt = buildPerlPackage {

pkgs/top-level/unix-tools.nix

@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 { pkgs, buildEnv, runCommand, hostPlatform }:
 
+# These are some unix tools that are commonly included in the /usr/bin
+# and /usr/sbin directory under more normal distributions. Along with
+# coreutils, these are commonly assumed to be available by build
+# systems, but we can't assume they are available. In Nix, we list
+# each program by name directly through this unixtools attribute.
+
+# You should always try to use single binaries when available. For
+# instance, if your program needs to use "ps", just list it as a build
+# input, not "procps" which requires Linux.
+
 let
 
   singleBinary = cmd: providers:
@@ -17,10 +27,22 @@ let
     else throw "${hostPlatform.parsed.kernel.name} does not have ${cmd}";
 
 in rec {
+
+  # more is unavailable in darwin
+  # just use less
+  more_compat = runCommand "more" {} ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    ln -s ${pkgs.less}/bin/less $out/bin/more
+  '';
+
+  # singular binaries
   arp = singleBinary "arp" {
     linux = pkgs.nettools;
     darwin = pkgs.darwin.network_cmds;
   };
+  eject = singleBinary "eject" {
+    linux = pkgs.utillinux;
+  };
   getopt = singleBinary "getopt" {
     linux = pkgs.utillinux;
     darwin = pkgs.darwin.shell_cmds;
@@ -37,6 +59,19 @@ in rec {
     linux = pkgs.nettools;
     darwin = pkgs.darwin.network_cmds;
   };
+  logger = singleBinary "logger" {
+    linux = pkgs.utillinux;
+  };
+  modprobe = singleBinary "modprobe" {
+    linux = pkgs.utillinux;
+  };
+  more = singleBinary "more" {
+    linux = pkgs.utillinux;
+    darwin = pkgs.more_compat;
+  };
+  mount = singleBinary "mount" {
+    linux = pkgs.utillinux;
+  };
   netstat = singleBinary "netstat" {
     linux = pkgs.nettools;
     darwin = pkgs.darwin.network_cmds;
@@ -61,16 +96,23 @@ in rec {
     linux = pkgs.procps;
     darwin = pkgs.darwin.system_cmds;
   };
+  umount = singleBinary "umount" {
+    linux = pkgs.utillinux;
+  };
   whereis = singleBinary "whereis" {
     linux = pkgs.utillinux;
     darwin = pkgs.darwin.shell_cmds;
   };
+  wall = singleBinary "wall" {
+    linux = pkgs.utillinux;
+  };
   write = singleBinary "write" {
     linux = pkgs.utillinux;
     darwin = pkgs.darwin.basic_cmds;
   };
 
   # Compatibility derivations
+  # Provided for old usage of these commands.
 
   procps = buildEnv {
     name = "procps-compat";